Where does “kehitysmaa” come from?

kehitysmaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kehitys, from Finnish kehittää, from Finnish kehitä, from Finnish -itä, from Proto-Finnic -it'ak — Forms verbs.

kehitysmaa (Finnish): developing country

Definitions

  1. developing country

Ancestry of “kehitysmaa”, step by step

kehitysmaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kehitys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkehitysdevelopment, improvement, advancement, evolution
2Finnishkehittääto unravel, unwind; to develop, advance, improve;...
3Finnishkehitä—
4Finnish-itäFront vowel variant of -ita
5Proto-Finnic-it'akForms verbs

via Finnish mää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmääbaa; I
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

Words derived from “kehitysmaa”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -it'ak →Every word from Finnish -itä →Every word from Finnish kehitä →